Houghton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Houghton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- final-tower-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Houghton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St John, Brunstock Lane, Cumbria, Stanwix Rural, CA3 0NW
- OS grid reference
- NY 408 597
- Coordinates
- 54.92929, -2.92465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Houghton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, located in the churchyard of St John’s Church on Brunstock Lane in Houghton, Cumbria. It is prominently placed near the churchyard entrance and along the path leading to the church. The memorial features a wheel-head cross made of grey granite, which has a sheathed sword in relief at the top. This cross is mounted on a short shaft, which sits on a two-tiered plinth and a two-stepped base. The plinth and the upper step of the base display inscriptions in relief and incised lettering. The inscription reads: 1914 – 1918 / IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Local climate
Houghton War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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